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  1. Trompie 04

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    She got that one at Marievale. We almost missed her. She was in the reeds and we waited for her to come out to get decent pic.



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    Don't see Painted Snipe often. Nice sighting :thumbup:
     
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    Here was my extremely lucky rietvlei spotting. The funniest part was that I never knew how rare it was in the first place, till I asked one of the other people queuing up to see it why they were waiting so patiently to see a bird :lol:
    You can tell how new I am to birding :rolleyes:DSC_1145.jpg
     
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    Very nice!

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    A species of Oystercatcher ? Resembles ours.

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    That's ok. Everyone has to start somewhere ;)

    I have seen them only once.
    Along the Sabie in the KNP.
     
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    Uhm not too sure, I only know they're found in Reed banks and marshes/vlei and are waders
     
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    Hahaha very true!
    That must've been a real treat when you did see them!
     
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    A few from this weekIMG-20201101-WA0050.jpgIMG-20201101-WA0048.jpgIMG-20201101-WA0047.jpgIMG-20201101-WA0051.jpg

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    Wow.

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    The mamal id a Mongoose isn't it?
    A great snake catcher ?

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    I actually took some nature photos for this thread but forgot about them... Here's what nature is for me now.

    I admit I'm homesick

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    That's stunning though! Have you ever gone out at night? There must be some amazing night light in the desert!
     
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    Yes I have .. on this trip we actually went and had a braai. Then by evening ate and sipped on some tea under the night sky.. was incredible

    The first 2 pics were taken at night, the light you see is the moon shining from behind the mountain
     
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    @Trompie 04

    Where did you see these?

    Crested Guineafowl are unusual
    Have seen them in northern Natal a few years ago.
     
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    Yes its a banded mongoose.

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    We went to Sodwana for a few days last week and saw quite a lot of them there inside the park.

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    Love the pictures @Trompie 04 , the mongoose is too cute!!

    @Shabir , love those photos too... not what we used to but nature's beauty comes in different ways..
     
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    Celebrated my birthday on my favourite place yesterday.[​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]

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    Gorgeous!!
    And a happy hapoy birthday!!!
     
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